Jesus Christ today. The historical shaping of Jesus for the twenty-first century. 1. ed.

McKnight, Edgar V.:

ISBN 10: 0881461679 / ISBN 13: 9780881461671

Verlag: Macon, Ga., Mercer University Press., 2009

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1. ed. Gr.-8°. XIV, 161 S. kart. (guter Zustand). >>>> Zur Zeit erfolgt KEIN VERSAND NACH ÖSTERREICH aufgrund der dort geltenden Verpackungsverordnung. <<<<.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Jesus Christ today. The historical shaping of Jesus for the twenty-first century. 1. ed.
• Verlag: Macon, Ga., Mercer University Press.
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
• ISBN-10: 0881461679
• ISBN-13: 9780881461671
• Einband: Softcover
• Gewicht: 275 Gramm
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Inhaltsangabe

This is a twenty-first century postmodern approach to interpreting Jesus Christ. Jesus' identity is not simply 'out there' to be discovered scientifically. Jesus' identity is shaped historically in believers' experience with him. Interpretation of Jesus of Nazareth, the significance of Jesus Christ, and Christian identity operate and interact in the same fashion as the hermeneutical circle. These elements simultaneously call forth and justify themselves and each other. This book addresses twenty-first-century Christians who are challenged intellectually and spiritually to read the Gospels' story of Jesus in light of what contemporary scholarship offers for understanding the first-century prophet from Nazareth. The invaluable move from precritical and dogmatic readings to rigorous historical-critical readings is applauded. But contemporary Christians are not convinced by approaches that begin with negative assumptions about the suitability of Christian sources for construction of the story of Jesus because of the bias of those sources. In a postmodern epoch, our critical reductionist approach to history is absorbed in a more satisfying and comprehensive approach. The data and relational sequences discovered by 'modern' categories of historiography are enriched by a higher ordering, a mentality that includes but is not limited to our usual charting.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Edgar V. McKnight is research professor and the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Religion Emeritus at Furman University.